Caught on video: Cops slam sorority girl face-first into pavement

A Colorado police officer was caught on video slamming a 22-year-old woman to the ground in what many are saying was excessive force.

According to the New York Post, Michaella Surat suffered a concussion, a contusion on her chin, and multiple bruises and scratches after a police officer in Fort Collins thew her face-first into the pavement.

Police had responded to an altercation between Surat’s boyfriend and another man at a bar near Colorado State University. In defending the officer’s actions, a police spokesperson told NBC News that Surat had “shoulder-checked” an officer and a bouncer prior to the videotaped incident, in which she is not seen using any physical aggression against the officers.